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Abba Kabir Yusuf, alias Abba Gida-Gida, governor of Kano State, has vowed to investigate the circumstances that led to the disappearance of Abubakar Dadiyata, a supporter of the Kwankwasiya movement in the state who went missing three years ago.
Dadiyata went missing in 2020 and there has been no information about his whereabouts.
Restating his commitment to look into the case, the new governor said in a tweet on Tuesday, that the state government will take up the case with relevant security agencies.
“Earlier, in my inaugural address, I stated that we cannot forget the case of our respected member and supporter, Abubakar Dadiyata, who was whisked away in broad daylight by unknown elements more than three years ago,” he wrote.
“The Kano State Government will take up his case with all relevant security agencies in the country so as to rescue him and bring those responsible to justice.”
Meanwhile, Gov Yusuf has fired some government officials appointed by ex-governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
In an executive order he signed, the new governor ordered that “all political appointees heading government MDAs and companies are hereby relieved of their appointment with immediate effect.”
He also dissolved all boards of MDAs, companies and institutions of higher learning with immediate effect.
The governor directed security agencies in the state to immediately take over all public properties sold by the government of his predecessor.
“I am announcing, today, that all these public places and assets that were immorally plundered and sold by the Ganduje administration should be taken over by law enforcement agencies, led by the Police, the DSS, Civil Defense, and Hisbah pending the final decision of government,” he said.
Some of the properties the governor was referring to include “lands in and around schools, religious and cultural sites, hospitals and clinics, graveyards and green areas, and along the city wall of Kano”, as well as other landed properties and assets belonging to Kano State within and outside the state to their cronies and agents.”
